Using the Samsung NC-20

[Duvid]

EDIT by Moderator: NC10 thread is here: http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,69132.0.html
Please read NC10 thread in conjuction with this one. -- davecs

I am getting this netbook in a few days, and the first thing I will be doing is installing PCLOS KDE. Haven't seen any problems regarding this netbook, so I'm not sure if this means there have not been any problems,or they just haven't been asked. I have seen questions regarding  the NC-10 but that has many different specs. I don't find it daunting to deal with the unknown,just curious at this point.This netbook has the ability to change bus speeds on a per need basis, so I am curious if klaptop wil be necessary to accomplish this.Will the Fn keys work as well. Thanks for any feedback.
 

 CPU: VIA Nano™ ULV Processor U2250 (1.3+GHz, 800MHz)
 Chipset: VIA VX800 Unified Digital Media IGP Chipset
 Graphics: Integrated VIA Chrome9™ with DirectX 9.0 3D graphics support and hardware video acceleration
 Atheros 242x or 54008 depending on which Windows driver Samsung has used since release
 Webcam   Camera Namuga
 1 Gig 800Mz ram

[stomx]

Linux on my Samsung forum: http://www.voria.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=3

[Duvid]

I used unetbootin to install PCLOS KDE 2010.7 on my WD Passport. Everything loaded out of the box on the Samsung NC-20 except the back light, and the sound. This was remedied with the scripts used for the NC-10 model. As for the sound control, all I had to do was add a speaker control in Kmix.
 It wasn't surprising that it found its native resolution of 1280 x 800 without any tinkering  since it is PCLOS. It came with a gig of ram, and it uses about 400 megs when browsing  FF, and an app open. I don't think a non Linux system could claim that.
 

[sɔǝʌɐp]

Do you think it would be helpful if I edited the NC10 how-to to include the NC20, were there any major differences?

[Duvid]

Although the chipset and some other specs are different, everything installed nicely except the common problems found in both models.The keyboard layout is a little different,so there is a need to assign Fn keys properly. It would be helpful to combine these two, as they have a lot  in common.

[sɔǝʌɐp]

If the Brightness fix works on the NC-20, add a reply to that effect and also what you did to get the keys right. I will then edit my posts to change the title of the thread and refer people to your additional reply where appropriate throughout.

[Duvid]

The back light script that was used in the NC-10 worked great for the NC-20. Instead of reassigning  the Fn to control brightness, I have been using the battery meter widget that I keep in the system tray. If you click on the icon it has a brightness slider that I have utilized which works great. It was possible to reassign the keys in the manner you described in your posting, but I opted for the the simpler, and very functional way.